F1 Italian GP live commentary and updates - FP3

Gasly's set a 1m25.349s, and Sainz is 0.133s off that. Albon gets a fix to his steering issue, so he should be good to go shortly.

More drivers are getting strapped in, ready to hit the circuit. A slow start to the morning, but that's cool - it'll start to ramp up soon.

"Something's wrong with my steering wheel, I can't turn - yeah, it's jammed." Albon was about to leave the pitlane, but he's been pushed back into the garage.

Colapinto starts a lap and immediately runs across the gravel at the first chicane. Sainz is also on-track, on the soft tyre.

It'll be a bit of a wait for everyone else, as they'll wait for the track to clear up a bit before they do some soft-tyre laps. Bortoleto does his lap, as does Hulkenberg, and then they return to the box.

Audi struggled a bit for race pace yesterday, so presumably they've done a few set-up changes to fix that.

Gasly and Colapinto also do the same. 

Oh, there we go: Bortoleto has gone on-track on the medium tyre. Audi has the run of the Temple of Speed to itself, as Hulkenberg also appears.

Five minutes to go until FP3 gets rolling. This is your "get yourself a coffee/tea and settle in" warning!

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FP3 coming soon!

Hello everyone, and thanks for joining us - FP3 is coming up soon, and it's the final chance for everyone to get locked in with their set-ups before qualifying.

Will Ferrari hit back against Mercedes, and can McLaren find something? Let's find out.

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